Hat-protector



(No Model.) V

I M. E. O. HOPKIRK;

HAT PROTECTOR.

No. 357,200. v Patented Feb. 8, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Grinch.

MARY ETTA OOWLES HOPKIRK, OF AGENCY, IOWA.

HAT-PROTECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,200, dated February8, 1887.

Application filed Apiil19, 1886.

. T"a ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARY ETTAYCOWLES HOPKIRK, of Agency, in the countyof Wapello and State of Iowa, have invented a new and ImprovedHat-Protector, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to hat-protectors intended particularly forcovering ladies headwear, and has for its object to provide a sim ple,inexpensive, portable, and readily-adj ustable device of this characterwhich may be quickly applied to and removed from a hat or bonnet withoutinjuring its delicate trimmings, and may be adjusted to fit small orlarge hats with facility.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction andcombinations of parts of the hat-protector, all as hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate.

corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is an under side View of the hatprotector in open condition.Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional elevation of the protector with theextension or enlarging piece attached and drawn in at the lower edge aswhen in use, and Fig. 3is an inside face view of a portion'of theextensionpiece.

The main body portion A ofthe hat-protector, which alone will be used tocover hats of small or medium size, consists of a piece of some lightwater-proof fabric--such as rubber cloth, oiled silk, or the 1ikeandpreferably bound around the margin at the inside with a facing, a, ofsome suitable fabric, adding strength to the water-proof material of thecovering.

At the inner face of the body fabric A, Isecure,in any suitable manner,a couple of narrow strips, B B, of suitable fabric, forming casingsthrough which draw strings or tapes 0 C are run.

At opposite edges of the facing a are attached series of small rings,DE, respectively, through either series of which rings a cord or drawstring, as at F, may be passed and then drawn up and tied, as presentlyexplained.

The extension-piece G of the hat-protector consists of an endless stripor band of light water-proof fabric, like that of the body fabric A, andpreferably hemmed over or provided Serial No. 199,341. (No model.) i

at opposite edges at the inside with bindings or facings g g, to whichare attached the series of rings HI, respectively, through which cordsmay be passed.

When the protector is to be used on asmall or medium sized hat orbonnet, the draw-strings C will be tightened more or less to conform thebody A of the protector somewhat to the size and shape of the hat, andthe strings G will be tied. The draw'strin g Fhaving been adjusted inthe marginal series of rings D, the protector fabric A will be laidgently over the hat or bonnet, and the string F will then be drawn upand tied to hold the protector to place.

- To apply the protector to a large hat' orbonnet, the draw-strings Gwill be properly ad justed and tied, and the draw-string F will beremoved from the rings D of. the bodyA of the protector, and will be runthrough the series of rings I at one edge of the eXtension-pieceG, andanother d raw-string, the inner series .of rings E on the body fabric A,and also through the series of rings H at the upper edge of theextension-piece G, the rings E H being of like number, and whereby, whenthe string J is drawn into the proper size and tied, the extensi0n-pieceG will be held to the body part A, and the latter will overlap the pieceG allaround for a distance equaling the space between the two series ofringsD E, or about the width of the facing a, or for a sufficientdistance to prevent rain and snow from beating through at the top of thepiece G onto the hat or bonnet, over which the pro tector thus arrangedwill be p1aced,whereupon There may be but one draw-string 0,0rmore thantwo, fitted into casings in the body fabric A, as the size of the lattermay require; but two, as shown, will ordinarily be used.

It is obvious that a hat-protectormade with draw-strings atits innerface around the crown -and after the strings are properly adjusted toshape the crown of the protector-may be applied Qver a hat withoutdanger of crushing frail-trimmings on the hat,which would not bepossible with protectors intendedto be applied over a hat prior totightening up and tying a single marginal string. Furthermore thedraw-string F, now in the rings I, will ,be

the marginal rings, through which the fastening draw-string F is run,allow the string to be tightened easily and quickly without twisting theprotector around on top of the headwear, and whereby damaging strains onthe hat trimmings are avoided,which would not be the case if a string orelastic were used within a draw-casing. Furthermore, by placing thedraw-strings 0 within the casings B on the body part A of the protector,the draw-strings will not beliable to eatchnpon andinjure delicatetrimmings when the protector is removed from the hat, as will readily beunderstood.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A hat-protector made with an imperferate body portion formed fromflexible waterproof fabrie, and with drawstrings applied around thecrown of the protector upon its in nor face, substantially as herein setforth.

2. A hat-protector made with an imperforate body portion formed fromflexible waterproof fabrie, and with draw-strings applied around thecrown of the protector and within casings secured upon the inner face ofthe protector, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

3. A hat-protector made with an inipcrforate body portion formed fromflexible waterproof fabric, and provided with marginal rings to receivea fastening draw-string, substantially as herein set forth.

4. A hat-protector made .with a body portion, A, formed from flexiblewaterproof fabric, and provided with draw-strings, as at 0, around thecrown,and with marginal rings, as at D, to receive a fasteningdraw-string, substantiall y as herein set forth.

5. A hat-protector made with a body portion, A, having a series ofrings, E, Within its margin, and with an extension-piece, G, providedwith rings H I at opposite edges, a drawstring, J, uniting rings E H,and a fastening drawstring, as at F, passed through rings I,substantially as herein set forth.

6. A hatprotector made with an imperforate body portion, A, formed fromflexible wa' terproof fabric, and provided with crown draw-strings G andtwo series of marginal rings, D E, and with an extension-piece, G,provided with rings H I at opposite edges, a draw-string, J, unitingrings E H, and a fastening draw-strin g, as at F, passed through therings 1, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

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